Editing Torture (section)

==History==
===Ancient History===
The [[Bloodstone Emperor]] was a torturer and [[necromancer]] who practiced dark arts and [[slavery|enslaved]] his people.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

Torturers of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] devised new torments in the dungeons of [[Gogossos]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles}} 

[[Tyrion II Lannister]], called the Tormentor, was a [[King of the Rock]] who delighted in torture.{{ref|twoiaf|The Westerlands}}

===House Targaryen===
[[Tyanna of the Tower]] alleged to King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] that Queen [[Alys Harroway]] had slept with twenty men, and the king had the accused tortured.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys Targaryen]] was questioned to death by Tyanna.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

The [[Lord Confessor]] was a position of in the royal court in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under the rule of [[House Targaryen]]. The Lord Confessor served as the royal torturer and was overseen by the [[King's Justice]].{{ref|AFFC|27}} [[Larys Strong]] joined the confessors and eventually became Lord Confessor.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} After the [[fall of King's Landing]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Ser [[Tyland Lannister]] was blinded, mutilated, and gelded for having refused to reveal where he had hidden gold.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} During the [[regency of Aegon III]], Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]] was tortured by Lord Confessor [[George Graceford]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} There has not been a Lord Confessor since the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Ser [[Terrence Toyne]] of the [[Kingsguard]] was tortured to death after sleeping with [[Bethany Bracken]], a mistress of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Ser [[Glendon Flowers]] was charged and tortured for the theft of a missing [[dragon egg]].{{Ref|TMK}}

Blaming her for the death of Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] had one of his mistresses and her kin tortured to death.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}